Saints and their Legacies in Medieval Iceland (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Wolf, Kirsten; Bullitta, Dario

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Produktbeschreibung

An examination of hagiographical traditions and their impact.

Icelanders venerated numerous saints, both indigenous and from overseas, in the Middle Ages. However, although its literary elite was well acquainted with contemporary Continental currents in hagiographic compositions, theological discussions, and worship practices, much of the history of the learned European networks through which the Icelandic cult of the saints developed and partially survived the Lutheran Reformation remains obscure.
The essays collected in this volume address this lacuna by exploring the legacies of the cult of some of the most prominent saints and holy men in medieval Iceland (the Virgin Mary along with SS Agnes of Rome, Benedict of Nursia, Catherine of Alexandria, Dominic of Caleruega, Michael the Archangel, Jón of Hólar, Þorlákr of Skálholt, Lárentíus of Hólar, and Guðmundr the Good), using evidence drawn from Old Norse-Icelandic and Latin hagiographic literature, homilies, prayers, diplomas, sacred art, place-names, and church dedications. By placing the medieval Icelandic cult of the saints within its wider European context, the contributions trace new historical routes of cultural transmission and define the creative processes of the accommodation and adaptation of foreign hagiographic sources and models in medieval and early modern Iceland. They provide a clear picture of an Icelandic hagiographic literature and culture that celebrates the splendour of the saints; they also show how an engaging literary genre, which became immensely popular on the island throughout the Middle Ages and beyond, was created.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abingdon Press
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2021
• Altnorwegisch
• ISBN-13: 9781800101999
• Artikelnr.: 63205736

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements List of
Abbreviations 1 Introduction: The Splendor of the Saints DARIO BULLITTA
Rannsökun heilagra böka: The Search for Holy Books 2 Medieval Icelandic
Hagiography: The State of the Art KIRSTEN WOLF 3 An Old Norse Adaptation of
an All Saints Sermon by Maurice de Sully STEPHEN PELLE 4 The Tuscan
Provenance of Framf¿r Maríu DARIO BULLITTA Heilagir byskupar: Holy Bishops
5 Latin Oratory at the Edge of the World: The Fragments of Gizurr
Hallsson's *Gesta Scalotensis ecclesie presulum and the *Vita sancti
Thorlaci GOTTSKÁLK JENSSON 6 Three Scenes from Jóns saga helga: A
Typological Mode of Thought in Early Icelandic Hagiography HAKI ANTONSSON 7
Lárentíus saga byskups: Between History and Historiography FULVIO FERRARI 8
Remembering Saints and Bishops in Medieval Iceland ÁSDÍS EGILSDÓTTIR
Heilagir karlar ok englar: Holy Men and Angels 9 Þat vóro lavg munka: A
Reading of Benedikts saga in Light of the Regula sancti Benedicti MAURO
CAMIZ 10 The Lore of St Dominic in Medieval Iceland and Norway SIMONETTA
BATTISTA 11 The Veneration of St Michael in Medieval Iceland MARGARET
CORMACK Heilagar meyjar: Holy Maidens 12 Katrínarhólar: St Catherine's
Hills, Milk, and Mount Sinai HELGI ÞORLÁKSSON 13 St Agnes of Rome in Late
Medieval and Early Modern Icelandic Verse NATALIE M. VAN DEUSEN
Bibliography Index of Manuscripts General Index